The 26-year-old swimmer looked sensational in a plunging lace gown which flaunted her trim figure while track and field athlete Jessica, 29, went for a flirty prom-style frock

MATT LAWTON: Fortunately for the BBC, the public were rather more impressed with tennis ace Andy Murray than the sports personality of the year was with Tyson Fury.

Heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill, 29, says she almost considered leaving athletics after having son Reggie in July 2014 but decided to take one last shot at Olympic gold in Rio this year.

MARTHA KELNER: The 29-year-old spoke passionately about feeling betrayed by the very people she should have been able to trust to protect her as a clean athlete.

Jessica Ennis-Hill is to miss the indoor athletics season after suffering an achilles injury while training. The reigning Olympic heptathlon champion has not put a timescale on her recovery.

With 100 days to go until the opening ceremony in Rio, Britain's world and Olympic heptathlon champion said on Tuesday she already felt 2016 would be unlike any other year for her.

The virus, linked to cases of the microcephaly birth defect, has spread in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading athletes to consider whether to attend the Games.

Olympic gold medallist JESSICA ENNIS-HILL credits her mum ALISON as key to her success. And with son Reggie on the scene, this support is more vital than ever as she focuses on Rio.

The 30-year-old is set to look the part when she defends her heptathlon crown in Rio this summer after picking up her Team GB kit for Brazil at an event in Birmingham on Tuesday.

The American dipped under the 28-year-old time of 12.21, clocking 12.20 seconds at the London Anniversary Games to break the record set in Stara Zagora by Yordanka Donkova.

With the Rio Olympic Games just around the corner, Sir Chris Hoy - the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time - has picked out his top 10 British athletes to watch out for.

Golden girl Ennis-Hill was not at her best in the throwing event in Rio but was able to jump up one place from third after registering a 13.86m throw.

Jessica Ennis-Hill remains on course to defend her Olympic heptathlon title with just two events remaining after producing a solid performance in the long jump.

Three of Great Britain's Olympic heroes, Justin Rose, Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis-Hill, returned home on Tuesday, but they did so in very different ways.

Britain's bronze medal long jumper Greg Rutherford had an emotional reunion with his partner Susie Verrill and son Milo, while silver medallist Mark Cavendish also returned from Rio.

Newlyweds Kirsty and Matt Hardman from Fakenham in Norfolk, decided to have their honeymoon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and while there, have taken an impressive collection of selfies with the athletes.

To carry on, or not to carry on: that is the question now haunting Jessica Ennis-Hill. The woman who won gold in London 2012 and became a symbol of all that was glorious about the Games.

The application Jessica Ennis-Hill made for a SportsAid grant as a 15-year-old has been revealed by the organisation's Twitter account on the day she announced her retirement.

DALEY THOMPSON: Ennis-Hill would be among the five greatest British female athletes of all time and, had she not suffered a few injuries over the years, she could have been one of our best athletes in history.

The Olympic gold medallist has been called a ‘f****** whore’ and ‘a sl**’, while others have demanded that the Sheffield athlete apologise for ‘tarnishing Evans’s name’.

Jessica Ennis-Hill called time on her athletics career last week following the summer's Rio Olympics where she claimed a silver two years after giving birth to her first child, Reggie.

Andy Murray's sensational year comes to a fitting conclusion today with a knighthood in the New Year's honours list – but he insists he doesn't want to be called 'Sir Andy'.

Two of Great Britain's greatest track and field athletes, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill, lead the list of sporting stars to be acknowledged in the New Year Honours.

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Ennis-Hill is due to receive heptathlon gold from Daegu 2011 after she was upgraded from silver when Tatyana Chernova was stripped of her title following a doping offence.

Christopher Hope-Smith, from Leeds, took to Twitter to ask famous people could send birthday greetings to Ollie, who turns nine on July 9th. Several celebrities have responded to his request.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN PYEONGCHANG: The Scot left the ice in floods of tears on Tuesday after the first of her three speed skating medal attempts ended with a final-lap smash into the barriers.

Barcelona's vice-president Jordi Cardoner confirmed that many teams will partake in swap deals this summer with several having big squads and high earners they need to get off the books.

The centre-back has produced some impressive performances for the Championship side and was recommended to United by club legend Ryan Giggs, who has coached Rodon for Wales.

The 24-year-old has been one of the standout players in the Premier League this season despite playing in a struggling Villa side who sit 19th, leading to interest from Manchester United.

This quick side dish is healthy, herby and fresh - any leftovers are also perfect for next day's lunch

She was a symbol of 60s debauchery, remembers her biographer Douglas Thompson  

While I was undergoing a life MOT, I realised there was one area I had overlooked - my hearing

Use different-coloured tomatoes for this easy dinner that's perfect for warm summer evenings

The new wave of high-spec suncreams are kind to skin - and the ocean

Josie Lloyd-Wilson became a widow just eight weeks into her first pregnancy. So the heart-wrenching decision to have her husband's second child wasn't easy

Long before Harry Potter there was Mildred Hubble - a luckless pupil at Miss Cackle's Academy For Witches.

Traditional Sunday worship might be in decline but the number of people going to church regularly, worshipping where and when they choose, is rising

Moncks comes from the folk behind nearby Park Chinois, that rather fabulous folly of Cantonese deluxe. But here the kitchen struggles to match the splendour of the decor

Enter the world of high-end speakers and design goes completely bonkers. Speakers stop being looming towers and become weird gongs and enormous snails on stilts

The Peaky Blinders are back all right, walk and all. The fifth series of Steven Knight's magisterial tale of a bunch of Brummie ne'er- do-wells is reckoned by all those involved to be the best yet

Going on holiday is lovely, but getting there rarely is. How often have you heard the dreaded words, 'I'm going to be sick' from the back seat of the car?

Reused ingredients, recycled tools… these brands are leading the way

I decided not to invite David to my friend's wedding, partly because he was away at a party in France but also because I couldn't afford to have yet another expensive mini-break ruined

This summer I spent 24 hours in hiding with my three-year-old son Thomas*, terrified that his father Sebastian Swamy would come for us.

When creating her own eco home by renovating a South London townhouse, Harriet applied sustainable thinking to every decision she made, from the way she wanted it powered right down to the bedlinen

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of two outstanding composers of operettas, Franz von Suppé and Jacques Offenbach, though you could be forgiven for not noticing.

We know buying jeans is a nightmare, which is why we tried on 1,000 styles and got six different-sized women to road-test the best. The result? A perfect pair for every shape, height and age…

Did you know in golf 'Dormy' or 'Dormie' refers to a player being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played i.e. 2 shots up with two holes to play?

Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? If not you may be in for a shock.